Liars and Saints, a book by Maile Meloy about four generations of the Santerre family from the 1940's to the new millenium. A Catholic family growing up in Hermosa Beach, CA are drawn apart and pulled together by the secrets kept from each other and the heartaches caused by those secrets. It is written in sparse but compelling prose. It's an easy story to read, but well worth the reading.
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Good find...I have to read this one! Growing up in Manhattan Beach in the 1940's I'm bound to see something familiar.
Read this older book; "Farewell to Manzanar". It's quite good.
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